Route 66 Represents America Summary
The author talks a lot about Route 66 in his story. I believe he was not effective in explaining that Route 66 represents America. This is because of his lack of details about route 66 and his evidence being irrelevant. His information is a sad excuse of a man trying to relive his childhood and hope that everyone would follow in his foot steps.
In the story, the author states, "Right before you get you get into St. Louis County, you run into the most famous of historic highways-Route 66." This is where he begins talking about Route 66. He states that it is the most famous. However, this is all opinion and does not support that Route 66 represents America. He later states, "Route 66, to me, represents America before we had the same stores
at every mall and the same restaurants along every Main Street. It represents an America where people could open a diner or a tourist attraction or a store on the town square and do something unique and interesting and make a living at it." The author is talking about traditional America which does not represent modern-day America. He is trying to represent America as a whole, however saying that it is traditional America does not represent America we live in. Finally the author states, "I was born in a hospital in Roll, Missouri, right on Route 66, and Route 66 is where I most feel that I belong." This is not supporting the argument in any form of way. It is stating something personal to him and does not help the argument
In conclusion, the author does not do a good job at showing that Route 66 represents America. A lot of the information was opinion based. In the rest he talked about the shops representing a piece of America that is gone. A piece of America which does not matter. Though the author thinks that the capitalistic lifestyle on Route 66 would be better for the country, it would only be worse. The country would fall and everything would be private business and corporations. That is not America. The world we are in is America.
In the story, the author states, "Right before you get you get into St. Louis County, you run into the most famous of historic highways-Route 66." This is where he begins talking about Route 66. He states that it is the most famous. However, this is all opinion and does not support that Route 66 represents America. He later states, "Route 66, to me, represents America before we had the same stores
at every mall and the same restaurants along every Main Street. It represents an America where people could open a diner or a tourist attraction or a store on the town square and do something unique and interesting and make a living at it." The author is talking about traditional America which does not represent modern-day America. He is trying to represent America as a whole, however saying that it is traditional America does not represent America we live in. Finally the author states, "I was born in a hospital in Roll, Missouri, right on Route 66, and Route 66 is where I most feel that I belong." This is not supporting the argument in any form of way. It is stating something personal to him and does not help the argument
In conclusion, the author does not do a good job at showing that Route 66 represents America. A lot of the information was opinion based. In the rest he talked about the shops representing a piece of America that is gone. A piece of America which does not matter. Though the author thinks that the capitalistic lifestyle on Route 66 would be better for the country, it would only be worse. The country would fall and everything would be private business and corporations. That is not America. The world we are in is America.